Across
- 2. An Italian astronomer and physicist who developed the telescope and confirmed the Copernican heliocentric model of the universe
- 3. A hypothetical perfect society, usually described in literary works
- 5. A process of observation, experimentation, and analysis used to develop theories and laws
- 6. A wealthy individual or institution that provides financial or other support to an artist, writer, scientist, or other person of creative talent
- 8. A list of propositions against the Church, written by Martin Luther in 1517
- 11. An Italian philosopher and political theorist of the 16th century
- 12. A German theologian and religious reformer who initiated the Protestant Reformation
- 13. A German mathematician and astronomer who developed several laws of planetary motion
- 14. A period of time in the 1300s to the 1600s where there was a renewed interest in the art, learning, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome
- 15. A 16th-century Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
- 16. A Christian denomination that follows Reformed theology and the governance of presbyteries
- 17. A religious movement that emerged in the 16th century, which rejected infant baptism and advocated for adult baptism
Down
- 1. The theory, proposed by Copernicus, that the sun is at the center of the universe
- 4. A period of religious and political upheaval in Europe that began in the 16th century and led to the establishment of Protestantism
- 7. A religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, founded by Ignatius of Loyola in the 16th century
- 9. A form of government in which a religious authority rules over the state
- 10. A period of rapid scientific advancement in the 16th and 17th centuries